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Story Driven Arts

by Todd Shaffer

From paintings and illustration to animation and cinema, great art is great storytelling.

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Episodes

  1. SDA 08: Playhouse Pictures and the Story of Animation in Old Hollywood

    In the 1950s a cameraman from Walt Disney Studios formed a revolutionary animation studio called UPA. And a number of years later, this cameraman, now producer, opened his own small animation studio that he called Playhouse Pictures. In the 70s and 80s his two sons, Ted and Gerry, took over the...

  2. SDA 07: Story Transcends Culture with Richard Walter

    Richard Walter was professor of the UCLA Screenwriting program, which is the most successful screenwriting program in the world. It’s harder to get into this program than it is to get accepted to Harvard Law School, and for good reason. Richard is a consummate storyteller, no matter what the...

  3. Richard Walter | Hollywood's Screenwriting Professor part 1

    Richard Walter, was the chair of the UCLA Screenwriting Program, which is the most successful screenwriting program in the world. It’s harder to get into this program than it is to get accepted to Harvard Law School, and for good reason. Richard is recently retired from teaching at UCLA, but that...

  4. Tom Bancroft | From Disney to Indie

    My guest in this episode is Tom Bancroft -- who was the Supervising Animator for Mushu on Disney’s animated feature Mulan. He was also an animator on Pocahontas, Tarzan, Young Simba on Lion King, and Iago on Aladdin. You might know Tom has a twin brother named Tony, who has also worked on many...

  5. Navigating Art Education with Valery Mihalkov

    If you’re a student looking for a good school to teach you art or animation, where do you begin? My guest today is an Instructor in the Animation Program of the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema at Concordia University. His name is Valery Mihalkov. Valery came to Concordia after many successful…

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  6. The Creation of Timeless with Armand Baltazar

    This is the second part of my conversation with the legendary painter, film designer, and now author, Armand Baltazar. Armand has written AND illustrated a novel called Timeless: Diego and the Rangers of the Vastlantic. This is an achievement that is rare in the history of art and literature. The...

  7. Armand Baltazar | The Timeless Storyteller Part 1

    My guest today is the legendary painter and background designer, Armand Baltazaar. Armand has worked on numerous animated features from Dreamworks Prince of Egypt to Pixar’s Inside Out. And Armand has recently released a novel that he both wrote and illustrated.. The book is called Timeless, and...

  8. The Storyteller as Artist - Episode 01

    Throughout history the artist has been a storyteller. And that's more true today than it ever has been. This is our glorious heritage.

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From paintings and illustration to animation and cinema, great art is great storytelling.

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Todd Shaffer

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